Communications

The communications and letters sent by the Secretariat to Parties and other stakeholders are posted and maintained on this page, as a source of information.

Date

Title

English

French

Spanish

Items: 58

7/24/2015

Communication on abusive emails

7/22/2015

E-questionnaire on illegal traffic: invitation to share experiences by 10 September 2015

7/15/2015

Consultancy Announcements: Call for Applications by 15 August 2015

7/8/2015

Lessons Learned and best practices on the Environmentally sound management of wastes generated on board ships, once offloaded at ports

6/18/2015

First letter related to information requests in follow up to the decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its twelfth meeting

1/29/2015

Glossary of terms

12/19/2014

Invitation to comment on the draft assessment on how far the current Basel Convention technical guidelines cover wastes covered by MARPOL, undertaken by the Public Waste Agency of Flanders, on behalf of Belgium, pursuant to decision BC-11/17

12/12/2014

Consultancy announcement and call for application by 31 December 2014

11/6/2014

Terms of Reference for a consultant

10/31/2014

Early notification about the meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in May 2015

10/14/2014

Invitation to comments on the classification of Parties' Individual compliance performance with regards to the annual reporting obligation for 2011 and 2012 in follow up to the eleventh meeting of the Committee for Administrating the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention on the Control of transboundary Movements on Hazardous Waste and their Disposal

10/8/2014

Invitation to comment on the draft Manual for the implementation of the Basel Convention in follow up to the eleventh meeting of the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundry Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal

9/29/2014

Information and comments requests in follow up to the ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group

8/19/2014

Call for submissions for ‘PACE’ PHOTO CONTEST

7/18/2014

Consultancy Announcements : Call for Applications by 15 August 2014.

6/13/2014

Glossary of terms

4/3/2014

Notification of National Definitions of hazardous wastes pursuant to Article 3 of the Basel Convention

3/28/2014

Assessing if Notifications, consents, Inspections and Enforcement of Transboundary Movement of Waste and Take-Back Procedures for Illegal Traffic Represent Environmentally Sound Management : Call for applications by 11 April 2014

Second letter related to information requests in follow-up to the decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its eleventh meeting

9/2/2013

Additional members to the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE)

7/25/2013

Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee. Three consultancy annoucements and call for applications

7/18/2013

Follow up to the COP-11 decision on the Country-led Initiative (CLI): Providing further legal clarity. Consultancy announcement and call for applications by Friday 8 August 2013

6/13/2013

Notification of restrictions on transboundary movements of hazardous wastes or other wastes pursuant to Article 4 (1) and Article 13 (2) of the Basel Convention

6/4/2013

First letter related to information requests in follow-up to the decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its eleventh meeting that have early deadlines

4/26/2013

Communication disseminating Compilation of National Lists of Prohibited Hazardous Wastes in accordance with decision BC-10/3 on the Indonesian-Swiss Country-led Initiative

4/23/2013

Communication on notifications of prohibitions on transboundary movements of hazardous wastes or other wastes pursuant to Article 4(1) and Article 13(2) of the Basel Convention: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Republic of Moldova

2/22/2013

Committe for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance: Invitation for comments by 31 July 2013 on the three draft guidance documents

1/8/2013

Notification of national definition of hazardous waste and notification of restrictions on transboundary movements of hazardous wastes or other wastes pursuant to Articles 3, 4 (1) and 13(2) of the Basel Convention transmitted by Jordan

11/19/2012

Elections to take place during the forthcoming meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

11/6/2012

Ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2013

10/9/2012

Information and comments requests in follow up to the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group

6/8/2012

Letter to the Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Biosafety Protocol

6/8/2012

Letter to the Chairman of the Standing Committee of CITES

6/8/2012

Letter to the Chairpersons of the Compliance Committee of the Kyoto Protocol

6/8/2012

Letter to the Chair of the London Protocol Compliance Group

6/8/2012

Letter to the President of the Implementation Committee of the Montreal Protocol

6/8/2012

Letter to the President of the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

6/8/2012

Cooperative arrangements on preventing and combating illegal traffic

5/29/2012

Notification of National Definitions of hazardous wastes pursuant to Article 3 of the Basel Convention

5/23/2012

Follow up to the COP-10 decision on the Country-Led Initiative (CLI): providing further legal clarity

5/21/2012

Dissemination of the national lists of prohibited hazardous waste

5/8/2012

Legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous wastes and other wastes generated on board ships

5/7/2012

Invitation to provide comments on the proposed amendments to the list of wastes contained in Annexes VIII and IX of the Basel Convention

3/6/2012

Information requests in follow up to the decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention at its tenth meeting

2/24/2012

First meeting of the technical expert group to complete the development of a framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes

1/31/2012

Follow-up to Decision BC-10/3 on the Indonesian-Swiss Country Led Initiative (CLI)

1/25/2012

Follow up to the COP-10 decision on the Country-Led Initiative (cli): Providing further legal clarity. Consultancy announcement and call for applications by 6 february 2012

Communications prior to 2012

14 September 2011

Notification of restrictions on transboundary movements of hazardous wastes or other wastes pursuant to Article 4(1) of the basel Convention

8 June 2011

Notification from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention to all bodies or agencies wishing to be represented by observers during the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

17 May 2011

Communication from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention pertaining to the Report of the Eighth session of the Implementation and Compliance Committee (Geneva, 21-23 March 2011) and inviting Parties to nominate ten members of the Implement

1 April 2011

Legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous wastes and other wastes generated on board ships

15 March 2011

Consultancy announcement and call for applications by 28 March 2011. Development with the World Customs Organization of a joint Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions e-learning tool for customs.

3 March 2011

Prior written consent for notifications of transit transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes the Republic of Turkey.

11 February 2011

Draft Instruction Manual for the Legal Profession on the Prosecution of Illegal Traffic. Consultancy announcement and call for applications by 28 February 2011.

23 November 2010

Invitation to participate in the synergies publication

10 November 2010

The Secretariat is calling for candidates for a consultancy on the elaboration of a legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous wastes and other wastes generated on board ships.

4 November 2010

Communication from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention: The Secretariat is calling for candidates for two consultancies on the review of national legislation and on national reporting.

18 August 2010

Note by the Executive Secretary on the review and strengthening of the operation of the Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres

17 August 2010

Communication from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention regarding the National definitions of hazardous wastes and import / export restrictions..

13 July 2010

Cooperation between the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Basel Convention.

16 May 2010

Request for nominations for a small expert group to develop a draft instruction manual for the legal profession on the prosecution of illegal traffic (English)

Attachment to the request for nominations for a small expert group to develop a draft instruction manual for the legal profession on the prosecution of illegal traffic (English)

Seventh Session of the Open Ended Working Group: Information on documents and regional group meetings

12 March 2010

Financial assistance to attend the Seventh Session of the Open Ended Working Group

11 March 2010

Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights.

15 January 2010

Documents for the simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

6 January 2010

Consultancy announcement: review and assessment of the application of the control system for the transboundary movement of wastes (notification document and movement document) and the difficulties that Parties face in implementing the system

5 January 2010

Notification of import prohibition of hazardous wastes or other wastes pursuant to Article 4 (1) of the Basel Convention transmitted by Colombia.

30 November 2009

Note by the Executive Secretary on the review of the operation of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

2 November 2009

Communication from the secretariat regarding a request for designation of and updated contact details for Competent Authorities and Focal Points

26 October 2009

Communication from the secretariat regarding the implementation of the Work Programme of the Compliance Committee.

25 August 2009

Communications from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention regarding the National definitions of hazardous wastes and import / export restrictions. (French)

19 August 2009

Notification from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention regarding the First Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention (ExCOPs)

8 June 2009

Informal briefing for Permanent Missions in Geneva on matters to be considered by the Expanded Bureau

29 May 2009

Request for clarification of national definitions of hazardous wastes in relation to ozone depleting substances waste

19 March 2009

Extension of the deadline for submission of proposals and comments on the Draft Outline of an Instruction Manual for the Legal Profession on the Prosecution of Illegal Traffic

17 March 2009

Reminder from the secretariat of the Basel Convention on the questionaire concerning the training programs on Illegal Traffic pursuant to decision VIII/32 adopted by the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

2 February 2009

Further request for comments on appropriate criteria for assessing the equivalence of the Ship Recycling Convention with the Basel Convention

19 January 2009

Request for Proposals and Comments on the Draft Outline of an Instruction Manual for the Legal Profession on the Prosecution of Illegal Traffic

19 January 2009

Request for Comments on Appropriate Criteria for Assessing the Equivalence of the Ship Recycling Convention with the Basel Convention

12 December 2008

Reminder: Decision on the Strategic Plan and a new strategic framework adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Base1 Convention (COP 9)

28 October 2008

Request for provision of national legislation

17 October 2008

Nominations to Partnership - PACE by 7 November, 2008

17 October 2008

Proposal of corrections to annexes VIII and IX of the Basel Convention

26 September 2008

Nominations to Partnership - PACE by 30 September, 2008

3 July 2008

Credentials for delegates to the 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, 23 to 27 june 2008

22 August 2008

Decision on the Strategic Plan and a new strategic framework adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Base1 Convention (COP 9)

2 July 2008

Proposal of corrections to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention: Clarification concerning depositary notification C.N. 397.2008.TREATIES-4 OF 27 MAY 2008

2 June 2008

Communication from the secretariat regarding the formal legal establishment of the Basel Convention Regional Centre for training and technology transfer for the Caribbean region

2 June 2008

Communication from the secretariat regarding the credentials for Delegates to the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention, 23 To 27 June 2008

19 May 2008

Communication from the secretariat regarding the outcome of the third meeting of the Ad- Hoc Joint Working Group on Enhancing Cooperation and Coordination between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

8 May 2008

Communication from the secretariat regarding the pre-session briefings for delegates attending the 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Paties to the Basel Convention.

15 April 2008

Communication from the secretariat regarding the elections that will be held at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention.

9 April 2008

Communication from the Secretariat regarding the notifications of import prohibition and revision of national definition of hazardous wastes pursuant to articles 4(1) and 3 of the Basel Convention transmitted by Argentina

27 February 2008

Draft work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2009-2010

29 January 2008

Reminder by the Executive Secretary on the Draft Report on the Operation of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

4 January 2008

Communication from the Secretariat concerning proposal of corrections to annexes VIII and IX of the Basel Convention

24 October 2007

Communication from the Secretariat concerning comments and views on the annex to decision OEWG-VI 15 and proposal on the development of a draft decision

4 January 2008

Communication from the Secretariat concerning proposal of corrections to annexes VIII and IX of the Basel Convention

24 October 2007

Communication from the Secretariat concerning comments and views on the annex to decision OEWG-VI 15 and proposal on the development of a draft decision

10 October 2007

Request for comments on the "Revised technical guidelines on environmentally sound management of used tyres"

16 August 2007

Notification of prohibition of the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes pursuant to articles 4(1) and 13 (2)(c) of the Basel Convention transmitted by Honduras